Aboriginal resource centre Marra Worra Worra has struck gold with a unique approach to community consultation.

The organisation went to remote community Wangkatjunka with and established a pop-up hairdresser's which served as a meeting place for local residents.

Nicola Angell, general manager of programs for Marra Worra Worra, said the move was part of the NIAA's Education Engagement and Attainment Initiative, which has replaced the remote schools attainment strategy.

"Marra Worra Worra work supporting Fitzroy Valley District High and works with engagement and attainment with the students," she told National Indigenous Times.

"It's going very well, we have a range of services and this is just one of them... Part of our brief is to try to re-engage some highly disengaged young people in the 15-18 age bracket in Wangkatjunka, it is at the edge of the desert and one of our most remote communities in the Fitzroy Valley.

"The aim was to re-engage some of the disengaged young people, and get them to have a think about either returning to school or pursuing some further education or training."

Ms Angell said MWW employed a hairdresser and a braider and hit the road to Wangkatjunka.

"We cut or braided more than 65 people's hair over two days, we used that model because it is a draw card for the community, it's a service you don't get in a remote community, and it's an opportunity for people to feel good about themselves as well," she said.

"When you are engaged in it, it's a type of therapy as well. A non-threatening way to talk about a whole range of issu7es and staff would be talking to young people about what they would like to see in their community and what they would like to do, what they are interested in in terms of further training.

"What we loved about it was that while we worked closely with the several of the kids in the target group we also engaged with the whole community, we had most of the community come in and out over the two days, it was a big social event. People came in for the whole day, not just to get their hair done."

Ms Angell said babies were brought in for their first hair cut, and elderly women visited, "and everyone in between",

"It was a beautiful community engagement model," she said.

"Now of the young kids, several of them are really interested in hairdressing as a profession and getting further training in that field, and with the others we were able to unpack what they would like to do, and what they would like to see happen in their community.

"We have lots of different ways to try to engage the community and this was one of the most successful, it drew everyone in. Marra Worra Worra was able to do a whole lot of consultation with people in a relaxed situation, it was a great model for consultation."